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f INDEX-TAB.

.Liga-ineen Specification of Letters .Patent ,i IatentedAiig;8,1916.

'Appiicafia'aieli Jaaiiry iafieii. seriai No; $13,044:

'hlwlto/t if may concer/1,' :v ji. afBeitp known; that I, GEORGE J.AiGNEP., a ifeitiz'en. ofiGr-eri nany, subject of the Emperor of-GermanL-residing at Chicago,- in the county of Cookv and State ofIllinois, have -f li-nvented'neivf and useful Index-Tabs, of{.-Which-.the:following is a specification, refer-`en'cexsbein'gf.'hajd; to l'the accompanying draw- 16H:llIy-jina'entionrelates to indexes, for use in 'connection with books,various kinds of lette'rfandzcardfiles, loose leaf arrangements, etai'.-It may, be fused in various places and 'adapted for variousconditions.

.1'5" "":"On"e--objeot offjmy present invention is to -*fprovidefimproved indexl tabs, as herein set "Another object of my invention isto pro- E' vide ari-improved -stripof index tabs, constructed 'so thatthe-single .or individual tabs f'fof'fthe strip.l may!` beifeadily aridvquickly' deta'ched therefreinvA for use( 1? Stiflflanothenobjeet of myinvention is to l provide'fin suchindeii tabs improved attachafll'eends" therefor proj ecting'at different an- "glesifr'om the/body. of thetab for purposes lSiibjsitantially as herein set forth.

I Otherfobjeet's vvill be apparent from the following specification.

In the accompanying Vdrawings,illustrating the -p'referred'forms'of myinvention, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a strip of index tabs of thisinvention; Fig. 2 is a. top end view of the strip ofV tabs of Fig. 1;Fig.

,35 '13 is a sideelevation of asirigle tab taken .from a strip of--ftabsl'similar .to thev strip vshown in Fig. '1; Fig.- 4 is a side elevationof strip ofvanothervform' 'of index tabs of this invention v Fig. l5 .isatop end view ofthe 4ostr ipof3ltabs Aof Fig; 4, showing the attachvableendsof vthe tabs spread apart for moisvl'teni iigj'so that -theymaybe-glued to their propersheets' for vuse;'.and Fig. 6 is a side-elevation of asi'ngle tab' taken from a strip 'of tabs similar tothestrip shown in Fig. 4. Like characters refer to like parts in theseveral figures;

Index tabs heretofore in use have been made with the whole'set of tabsin a contin- 50 nous strip which was not cut part Way across between thedifferent lettersor characters of the set so as to enable them to bereadily detached from thestrip for use, or else the in-1 dividual tabsof a set have been cut entirely apart from each other and placed 1n abox. In the former class of tabs it is neOeSSel'y t0 employ a pair ofscissorsT'a'- KnrIe,lorfsome 'other instrument for cutting the'individual' tabs apart, and then With such instru'-v ment the cutting'cannot be uniformly done 60 so that the individual tabs afteirbeing cutapart will have a uniform appearance, va uniform. ividth, etc.; and inthe latterformfi'of tabs it is necessarytgo sort out the individual tabsand arrange them 'in their proper ordler 65 before gluing them totheirrespecti've sheets, which is a considerable bother and' consumesconsiderable time.

In my present invention I have-:devised an improved tab which eliminatesall' ofthe 7o objectionable features above mentioned. I accomplish thisby cutting the vindividual tabs A., B, C, D, E, etc, of a strip of tabs,nearly apart from each other, as shown by the lines 1 1 which representcuts in the 75 strips of tabs, but still'leave the tabs of a strip allconnected together by narrow;l portions 2 2, preferably 4alongtlilexrear1 vedge of the strip. Vith these' cuts 121 between theindividual tabs of a strip, ."extending nearly A but not quite acrossthe strip", .the --tabs of a; set are kept in `their proper order, thuseliminating the 'objectionable 'feature of having to sort them out Wherethey are out'clear apart from each other as above stated, and at thesame time may be readilyand quickly separated from each otheilby'fsimplytearing the small portions 2 2 at the edge of the strip, by hand, thuseliminating the necessity of having to cut the individual tabs apartfrom each other entirely across the strip as in the tabs abovementioned. Furthermore, by employing a cut linstead of a Widerpunched-out portion, the' portion v2 2 will tear across more nearly inline with the cut 1 when the individual tabs are torn-apart', thusgiving a betterand'more uniform appear-ance to the edges and corners ofthe individual tabs after they are torn apart.

In all-of vthe tabs illustrated, each tab comprises an outside portion3, which may` be of leather,'eelluloid, paper,-canvas, cloth, etc., andVan inner portion or filler 4 for stifening the front portion of the tab,the outside portion 3 being foldedaround the in'-` side portion 4,preferably as shownin Figs. 2 and 5, and suitably glued vor cementedthereto. `The filler t may beofpaper, canvas, leather, cloth, or any.other suitable material, and in the tabs of this invention I preferablymake the filler 4 of the saine color as the outSide portion 3 ofthe tabso as t( moistening the surfaces 5 5 present a better' appearance alongthe edges of the tabs. y

The inner surfaces 5 5 of the tabs, back of the ller strips 44, arepreferably gummed,

so that they may be moistened and glued to their respective sheets very'readily. In of the tabs, the legs 6 Y6 thereof may be .spread apart asshown in F ig.' 5 qand pressed or rubbed against any suitable moistsponge or other object.

' Each of the individual tabs'shown in Fig. 4 1s constructed as shown inFig. 6, that is,

witlrone of the attachable legs 6 extending upwardly from thefbodyportion of the tab and the other attachable leg 6 extending downwardlyfrom the body portion of the tab, referably as shown. This construction1s provided so as to reinforce the sheet to whichthejtab is attached foruse, adjacent to the tab, and thus prevent the sheet.

from tearing in case the tab isv pulled either up or down when turningthe sheet. This construction .greatly lengthens the lifev of.

usage of the Ysheets and tabs. y

The characters on a set of tabs may be the letters of the alphabet, thenumerals, the

daysof the month, abbreviations for the months,l abbreviations forStates, names `of individuals, companies, etc., and in fact anythingdesired.

. i do not wish i0 iim'it this invention i0 ai@ cuts l 1 precisely asshown, to the forma.- tion of the'legs 6 6 of the tab of Fig. 6precisely as shown, nor to all ofl the various other details herein setforth, as. various modifications thereof may be madeor utilized withoutdeparting from the scope of.

the `appended claims.

What I claim asrny invention is: 1. A series of index tabs -arranged inthe fotfm of a strip, each of the tabs having a horizontal body portioncomposed of a folded portion, and attachment legs for each of the tabs,projecting angularly from the rear end of the horizontal body portion,one up-.

wardly and `one downwardl)7 when the tab.

is attached to a vertically-disposed sheet, the

attachment llegs of. the series` oftabs beingattached to each other at'their eXtreme rear' Isaid strip comprising a folded portionhavi ing a.front portion for the characters and a rear portion for providingattachment legs for the individual tabs', the said tabs being cntentirely apart throughthe said front portion between the said charactersand through the. 'said rear portion to within a.

short distance from the rear edge of the- .strip whereby attachmentsbetween the individual tabsv are provided at the vrear edge only ofthestrip, said attachments holding the said tabs in their predeterminedarrangement in the said strip brit-...permitting of them beingyeadilytorn apartbynhandnaa- As inventoreof the -f regoing I hereunto,

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GEQRGE J. AIGNER. Witnesses:

Enw. F. FITZGERALD, GEO. W. MUELLER.

